Governor Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) said on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” that when liberals say Critical Race Theory is not taught in school, it was an obfuscation of the fact because its “tenets” were being taught. Host John Roberts said, “Critics of your position, including former President Obama, say, look, Critical Race Theory is not being taught in schools and that this was merely a trumped-up, phony culture war. And what does your executive order actually do in terms of Critical Race Theory?”Youngkin said, “Anyone who thinks that the concepts that underpin Critical Race Theory are not in our schools hasn’t been in our schools. But to actually teach our children that one group is advantaged and another is disadvantaged simply because of the color of their skin cuts across everything we know to be true.”Roberts said, “Is it your contention that Critical Race Theory is being taught in Virginia public schools?”Youngkin said, “There’s not a course called critical race theory. And that’s why I have signed the executive orders yesterday to make sure that we get it out of our schools.”He added, “We absolutely have to recognize what the left, liberals do here is try to obfuscate this issue, saying there is not a course of Critical Race Theory.

Source: Fox News January 16, 2022 17:01 UTC